A Graduate Guide to Aesthetics in North America

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About About the Guide the ASA

This Guide has been compiled for students who are The American Society for Aesthetics was founded interested in pursuing graduate studies in philoso- in 1942 to promote study, research, discussion, and phy with an expertise or competence in aesthetics or publication in aesthetics. The Society meets annual- the philosophy of art. It’s available free of charge at ly in the fall and its four regional divisions meet in http://aesthetics-online.org/?page=GraduateGuide. the spring and summer. It also publishes the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, the ASA Newsletter, In 1998 the American Society for Aesthetics sur- and the ASA Graduate E-Journal (ASAGE). All are veyed graduate and undergraduate philosophy de- free to members. partments to determine how many have philosophers of art on staff, what aesthetics courses are The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism pub- offered, and what demand exists for those courses. lishes current research articles, symposia, special It was found that demand for undergraduate aesthet- issues, and book reviews in aesthetics and the arts. ics courses is steady and increasing somewhat and The term “aesthetics,” in this connection, is under- matches demand for core courses; that almost one in stood to include all studies of the arts and related four departments report an increase in demand for types of experience from a philosophic, scientific, aesthetics at the graduate level; and that many de- or other theoretical standpoint. The “arts” are taken partments would like to offer more aesthetics and a to include not only the traditional forms such as substantial proportion have plans to do so. music, literature, landscape architecture, dance, painting, architecture, sculpture, and other visual The original data for the Guide were collected by arts, but also more recent additions such as photog- Dominic McIver Lopes (University of British Co- raphy, film, earthworks, performance and conceptu- lumbia), who sent a survey to every North Ameri- al art, the crafts and decorative arts, contemporary can graduate philosophy program. Each department technical innovations, and other cultural practices, was asked to identify the graduate aesthetics courses including work and activities in the field of popular it offers, any teaching opportunities for graduate culture. students in aesthetics courses, and the names and interests of faculty capable of supervising students Students pay a modest membership fee. To join, in aesthetics. visit http://aesthetics-online.org.

This fifth edition of the Guide includes responses from 65 departments (47 PhD, 18 MA) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

The information in this Guide has been reported by the departments themselves. It should not be under- stood to have been endorsed by the ASA, nor should it form the sole basis for selecting a graduate program.

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Doctoral several essays whose goal is to connect aesthetics with other areas of philosophy. Programs Joseph Tolliver, Associate Professor, has research University of Alberta interests including the ontology of music, and the ineffability of aesthetic experience. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Jonathan M. Weinberg, Professor, is interested in The Department of Philosophy at the University of connections between aesthetics and natural- Alberta offers on average one aesthetics course eve- ism/cognitive science, especially regarding the ry two or three years. These include courses in gen- working of the imagination, fiction, and the emo- eral aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, and envi- tions, with additional research interests in experi- ronmental aesthetics. Currently there are no gradu- mental philosophy & aesthetics; genre; the middle- ate students pursuing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. brow; and “aesthetic debunking arguments”. Graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Teaching assistantships are not Peg Brand Weiser, Adjunct Faculty (UA) and available for aesthetics courses. Emerita Associate Professor, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, works in feminist Aesthetics Faculty aesthetics, political art that intersects with race and sexuality, the aesthetics of Simone de Beauvoir, and Robert Burch, Professor Emeritus, works in the the topic of beauty. philosophy of literature, continental aesthetics (including Hegel and Heidegger). https://philosophy.arizona.edu/

Marie-Eve Morin, Professor, works in phenomenology and French philosophy, including Merleau- University at Buffalo Ponty, Derrida, and Nancy.

The University at Buffalo offers 1-2 aesthetics Amy Schmitter, Professor, works in general aesthet- courses each year, usually in either general aesthetics, pictorial representation, history of aesthetics ics or on issues at the intersection of aesthetics and and art theory, feminist aesthetics, philosophy of art ethics. There is currently one PhD student pursuing history and methodology. a specialization in aesthetics, and three pursuing an

area of competence in aesthetics. Teaching assis- Jenny Welchman, Professor, works in general aes- tantships in aesthetics are usually available, alt- thetics as well as environmental aesthetics. hough typically opportunities to teach aesthetics courses are not. https://www.ualberta.ca/philosophy Aesthetics Faculty

University of Arizona Maureen Donnelly, Associate Professor, primarily interested in issues having to do with the cognitive Orientation: Analytic value of art, empathy and art, and some issues having specifically to do with literature (e.g., meta- The University of Arizona offers upper level under- phor). grad, introductory graduate, and research seminars in aesthetics. Alexandra King, Assistant Professor, works mainly in meta-aesthetics, and intersections of ethics and Aesthetics Faculty aesthetics.

Keith Lehrer, Regents Professor Emeritus, Research http://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy.html Professor (Active), works on the intersection of art, consciousness, free will, self and knowledge. Au- thor of Art, Self and Knowledge, OUP, 2011, and of

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Boston University Alva Noë, Professor, works in the theory of art, dance, and visual art. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Andreja Novokovic, Associate Professor, works on The department of philosophy at Boston University Hegel, including Hegel’s aesthetics. offers a course in aesthetics for graduate credit once every other year. Topics include general aesthetics, Tim Clarke, Associate Professor, has an active in- history of aesthetics, philosophy of film, and phi- terest in contemporary art. losophy of literature. Currently there are approximately three students pursuing an AOS in aesthetics Seth Yalcin, Associate Professor, maintains an ac- and a further four pursuing an AOC. Both teaching tive interest in street art. assistantships and graduate instructorships are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. http://philosophy.berkeley.edu

Aesthetics Faculty University of British Columbia Daniel Dahlstrom, Professor, works in Heidegger and phenomenology as well as German philosophy. Orientation: Analytic

Aaron Garrett, Associate Professor, is interested in The UBC philosophy department regularly offers the philosophy of film. courses in aesthetics, especially on topics overlap- ping with issues in the philosophy of mind, episte- th Allen Speight, Associate Professor, works in 19 mology, and metaphysics. There are about six grad- th and 20 century aesthetics, aesthetics in Hegel and uate students pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics German Idealism, and the philosophy of literature. at UBC. Teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships are normally available in aesthetics http://www.bu.edu/philo courses every year.

Aesthetics Faculty University of California, Berkeley Dominic McIver Lopes, Professor, works in pictori- Orientation: Analytic, Historical al representation, the aesthetic and the cognitive values of pictures, digital art, ontology of art, theo- The University of California, Berkeley, offers one ries of art, art and value, cross-cultural aesthetics, course every other year for graduate credit in gen- and the intersection between aesthetics and cogni- eral aesthetics. There are several students pursuing tive science. either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Both teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships are regu- Chris Mole, Associate Professor, works in philoso- larly offered in aesthetics courses. The department phy of literature. also features an active student-run aesthetics working group. John Woods, Professor Emeritus, works in the philosophy of fiction. Aesthetics Faculty http://www.philosophy.ubc.ca Hannah Ginsborg, Professor, works in the philosophy of music, and Kant’s aesthetics. City University of New York, Graduate Katharina Kaiser, Continuing Lecturer, teaches reg- Center ularly on Heidegger’s aesthetics and continental approaches to aesthetics. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

Michael Martin, Professor, is interested in appear- The Graduate Center, CUNY, offers more than one ances and depiction. course per year in general aesthetics, philosophy of

GRADUATE GUIDE TO AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 6 film, philosophy of literature, or history of aesthet- tantships and graduate instructorships in aesthetics ics. Currently approximately ten students are pursu- are regularly available. ing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. Teaching assistantships in aesthetics are frequently available. Aesthetics Faculty

The program also offers an MA in Philosophy with Lydia Goehr, Professor, history of aesthetic theory, a new concentration in aesthetics. German aesthetic theory, the relationship between philosophy, politics, history, and music, the philos- Aesthetics faculty ophy of music, critical theory, public art; Adorno, Danto, and Merleau-Ponty. Noël Carroll, Professor, works in the philosophy of film, literature, the visual arts, as well as social & Taylor Carman, Professor, art-related topics in Nie- cultural theory. tzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty.

Barbara Gail Montero, Associate Professor, inter- Robert Gooding-Williams, Professor, Kant, Nie- ested in dance, aesthetics, and cognitive science. tzsche, Kierkegaard, Du Bois; Philosophy and Lit- erature/Criticism and Film, especially pertaining to Nickolas Pappas, Professor, interested in ancient African American Literature. aesthetics. Dhananjay Jagannathan, Assistant Professor, phi- Jesse Prinz, Professor, takes a cognitive scientific losophy of literature; tragedy; topics in ancient approach towards aesthetics, including work in per- Greek aesthetics. ception, emotion, and cultural theory. Philip Kitcher, Professo, philosophy in literature, Jonathan Gilmore, Associate Professor, works in the opera, and music. philosophy of art and as an art critic. His areas of research include the emotions, the imagination, phi- Tamar Lando; Associate Professor, film and pho- losophy of literature, philosophy of art history, and tography. twentieth-century European philosophy. Wolfgang Rainer-Mann, Professor, Romanticism Sandra Shapshay, Professor, works in the history of (especially Wordsworth and Hölderlin); late aesthetics in the nineteenth century, with special Heidegger (poetry). emphasis on Schopenhauer and Kant, and with ap- plication to topics in environmental studies. Christia Mercer, Professor, topics in medieval art and aesthetics. Thomas Teufel, Associate Professor, works on Kantian philosophy and the special role in that phi- Christopher Peacocke, Professor, perception and losophy of aesthetics. music. http://gc.cuny.edu/philosophy Francey Russell, Assistant Professor, Kant; philosophy and film.

Columbia University Achille Varzi, Professor, metaphysical questions pertaining to art. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Katja Maria Vogt, Professor, Plato and Stoics, art, The philosophy department at Columbia University imagination; with interests also in film. offers one or two graduate aesthetics courses per year. Offerings include general aesthetics, history of http://philosophy.columbia.edu aesthetics, philosophy of music, and philosophy of literature, film, and photography. There are currently approximately four graduate students pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Both teaching assis-

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DePaul University University of Georgia

Orientation: Continental Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

DePaul University typically offers at least one The University at Georgia regularly offers graduate course per year in general aesthetics, philosophy of aesthetics courses, and students are free to do multi- film, philosophy of literature, philosophy of music, ple independent studies on the subject. A number of or history of aesthetics. There are currently several current graduate students have research interests in graduate students pursuing an AOS or AOC in aes- aesthetics. There is an active interdisciplinary group thetics at DePaul and both teaching assistantships at the university working on aesthetics, which in- and graduate assistantships in aesthetics courses are cludes colleagues from Art History, Marketing, Phi- regularly available. losophy, and Theater. Teaching assistantships are available to students working in aesthetics, although Aesthetics Faculty opportunities to teach aesthetics courses are not typically available. Avery Goldman, Associate Professor, is interested in the aesthetics of Kant and Merleau-Ponty. Aesthetics Faculty

Will McNeill, Professor, is interested in the aesthet- O. Bradley Bassler, Associate Professor, works on ics of Gadamer and Heidegger. the aesthetics of poetry, aesthetic value, Continental aesthetics, and musical improvisation. Elizabeth Millan, Professor, works in German Ro- manticism, Humboldt, and Kant. Rene Jagnow, Associate Professor, works on depiction and pictorial experience. http://las.depaul.edu/academics/philosophy Aaron Meskin, Professor, works cognitive science and aesthetics, the epistemology of aesthetic judg- Emory University ment, experimental aesthetics, the imagination, and a range of art forms including comics, dance, film, Orientation: Continental, Historical, Pragmatism food, literature, photography, and video games.

Emory University offers more than one course per Richard Winfield, Distinguished Research Profes- year for graduate credit in aesthetics. Topics include sor, works on Hegel’s aesthetics and systematic general aesthetics, history of aesthetics, philoso- aesthetics. phies of film, literature, music, and the performing arts (especially theater and dance). Currently there https://www.phil.uga.edu/ are eight students pursuing either an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. Both teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships are regularly offered in aesthet- Harvard University ics courses. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Aesthetics Faculty The philosophy department at Harvard regularly John Lysaker, Professor offers at least one upper-level course on aesthetics, for both graduate and undergraduates. Often a Andrew Mitchell, Associate Professor graduate seminar will contain an aesthetics compo- nent. Offerings include general aesthetics, history John Stuhr, Distinguished Professor of aesthetics, philosophy and literature, photography and film. There are currently two graduate students Cynthia Willett, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor with AOC or AOS in aesthetics, but interest is broad among our graduate students. Courses in George Yancy, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor aesthetics regularly offer teaching assistantships. http://philosophy.emory.edu

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Aesthetics Faculty ics and philosophy of art, either in history of aesthetics or current aesthetic theory in the analytic Sean Kelly, Professor, works on aesthetics in tradition. There are currently nine students pursuing Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty among others. either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Both graduate instructorships and teaching assistantships are regu- Samantha Matherne, Assistant Professor, works on larly available in aesthetics courses. aesthetics in Kantian and Post-Kantian philosophy, especially Phenomenology and German Idealism. Aesthetics Faculty

Richard Moran, Professor, works on literature A.W. Eaton, Associate Professor, works in philoso- (Proust and others), Kant’s aesthetics, metaphor, phy of the visual arts, pictorial representation and and imagination. pragmatics of pictures, gender and aesthetics, race and aesthetics, ethics and aesthetics, everyday aes- https://philosophy.fas.harvard.edu/ thetics, body aesthetics, and connections between art history and aesthetics.

University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa Samuel Fleischacker, Professor, is interested in and has published on history of aesthetics, especially Orientation: Continental, Historical Scottish Enlightenment and Kant, and the relationship between ethics and aesthetics.

The University of Hawai‘i’s philosophy department Georgette Sinkler, Associate Professor, works in annually offers one or more courses on the follow- medieval aesthetics. ing topics: general aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, the philosophy of literature, key figures in aes- http://phil.uic.edu/philosophy thetics, and contemporary issues in aesthetics. There are currently about twenty graduate students pursuing an AOC or an AOS in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are Institute for Doctoral Studies in the regularly available in aesthetics courses. Visual Arts

Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Continental, Historical

Arindam Chakrabarti, Professor, works on Kant, The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts Indian Aesthetics, Rasa theory, and analytic aesthet- (IDSVA) offers one degree, a PhD in Visual Arts: ics. Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory. There are approximately 45 students in the course of study Steve Odin, Professor, works in phenomenology, and 30 students writing dissertations, for a total of Japanese philosophy and aesthetics, environmental 75 students. Teaching assistantships are available. philosophy and aesthetics. Aesthetics Faculty Joseph Tanke, Professor, works in continental phi- George Smith, Edgar E. Coons, Jr., Professor, losophy, Kant, contemporary French aesthetics, the writes on Heidegger, Nietzsche, feminist theory, politics of art and aesthetics. poetic-hermeneutics. http://www.hawaii.edu/phil Simonetta Moro, Associate Professor, works in art theory, continental philosophy, cartographies of cultural consciousness. University of Illinois at Chicago Howard Caygill, Professor, works across the histo- Orientation: Analytic, Historical ries of European philosophy and global visual culture and aesthetic consciousness. The University of Illinois at Chicago offers at least one graduate seminar per academic year in aesthet-

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Dejan Lukić, Assistant Professor, works in anthro- Gilbert Boss, Professor, works in general aesthetics. pological aesthetics and philosophy, trans-historical modes of thought. Philip Knee, Professor, works in the philosophy of literature. Silvia Mazzini, Assistant Professor, works in hermeneutics, especially on the Italian philosophers http://www.fp.ulaval.ca Vatimmo and Zabala. https://www.idsva.edu/ Marquette University

Orientation: Continental, Historical University of Kansas Aesthetics offerings include Graduate Aesthetics, Orientation: Analytic undergraduate: philosophy of art, the arts in a dem- ocratic society, arts and economics (wall street in- The University of Kansas offers regularly offers an tern course). aesthetics course in general aesthetics, philosophy of film, or the philosophy of literature. Neither Aesthetics Faculty teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. Curtis L. Carter, Professor, pecializes in western analytic (pragmatist) and global aesthetics (e.g. Aesthetics Faculty Contemporary China). Past President of Interna- tional Association for Aesthetics, and Secretary- Ben Caplan, Professor, works on the ontology of Treasurer of the ASA. art, especially fiction and music. Michael Wreen, Professor, analytic aesthetics Scott Jenkins, Associate Professor, works on 19th- (Monroe Beardsley). century German philosophy and aesthetics. http://www.marquette.edu/phil

John Symons, Professor, works in the philosophy of science fiction. University of Maryland http://philosophy.ku.edu Orientation: Analytic

The philosophy department at the University of Université Laval Maryland, College Park offers a yearly graduate course in either general aesthetics, the philosophy of Orientation: Continental, Historical film, the philosophy of literature, or the philosophy of music. There are currently six graduate students Université Laval offers multiple courses per year in pursuing an AOC or an AOS in aesthetics. Both general aesthetics and the philosophy of literature. teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships Approximately fifteen students in the department are regularly available for aesthetics courses. are pursuing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. Teach- ing assistantships are not regularly available in aes- Aesthetics Faculty thetics courses, but graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Jerrold Levinson, Distinguished University Profes- sor, works in aesthetic theory, the ontology of art, Aesthetics Faculty value in art, aesthetics of music, literature, and film, as well as the aesthetics of cognitive science Jean-Marc Narbonne, Professor, works in ancient aesthetics http://www.philosophy.umd.edu

Marie-Andrée Ricard, works in general aesthetics.

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McGill University University of Miami

Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Orientation: Analytic

The department of philosophy at McGill University The department of philosophy at the University of offers one aesthetics course for graduate credit per Miami offers a graduate course once every other year. Topics include: general aesthetics and philos- year in general aesthetics, philosophy of film, litera- ophy of film, literature, and music. There are cur- ture, or music. Currently there are two students with rently several graduate students pursuing an AOC or an AOS or an AOC in aesthetics. Both teaching AOS in aesthetics. The department regularly offers assistantships and graduate instructorships are regu- both teaching assistantships and graduate instructor- larly available in aesthetics courses. ships in aesthetics courses. Aesthetics Faculty Aesthetics Faculty Otávio Bueno, Professor, interests include philoso- David Davies, Professor, works on the metaphysics phy of film, philosophy of literature, representation and epistemology of art, philosophy of film, photog- in science and art, and depiction. raphy, music, visual art, and dance, as well as art and neuroscience. Simon Evnine, Professor, interests include philosophy of literature and philosophy of music. Eric Lewis, Associate Professor, works on the philosophy of music with particular reference to im- Magdalena Balcerak Jackson, Assistant Processor, provisation, continental aesthetics, and the philoso- works in the philosophy of literature as well as art phy of jazz. and imagination. http://www.mcgill.ca/philosophy http://www.as.miami.edu/phi

McMaster University University of Michigan

Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Orientation: Analytic

McMaster University offers a course for graduate The University of Michigan department of philoso- credit in aesthetics approximately once every three phy usually offers one aesthetics course every other years. Topics include the history of aesthetics, year in general aesthetics, the philosophy film, or Kant’s Third Critique, and continental aesthetics. the philosophy of music. Currently six students are pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Neither Currently, there are two students in the department teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships pursuing an AOS or an AOC in aesthetics. Teaching are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. assistantships in aesthetics courses are regularly available. Graduate instructorships in aesthetics Aesthetics Faculty courses are not regularly available.

Daniel Herwitz, Professor, works in the aesthetics Aesthetics Faculty of film and new media.

Barry Allen, Professor, is interested in continental Daniel Jacobson, Professor, is interested in the rela- approaches to aesthetics as well as the philosophy tions of aesthetics to ethics. of technology & artifacts.

Brigitte Sassen, Associate Professor, works on Janum Sethi, Assistant Professor, works in Kant’s Kant’s Third Critique. aesthetics.

Kendall Walton, Professor Emeritus, remains active http://philos.humanities.mcmaster.ca in the department, running a lively aesthetics read-

GRADUATE GUIDE TO AESTHETICS IN NORTH AMERICA 11 ing group. His specialties include the nature of fic- Brent Kalar, Associate Professor, interests include tion and representation, metaphor, and philosophy philosophy of culture, Cavell and art, Kant and aes- of music. thetics, Nietzsche’s account of art.

http://lsa.umich.edu/philosophy http://philosophy.unm.edu

Université de Montréal New School for Social Research

Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

Université de Montréal offers more than one course The department of philosophy at the New School per year in general aesthetics, history of aesthetics, for Social Research offers multiple graduate courses or philosophy of literature. Currently, five students on aesthetics every year. Offerings in the 2020-21 are pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Teach- academic year include seminars on philosophy of ing assistantships are regularly offered in aesthetics film, philosophy of literature, and philosophy of courses. Graduate instructorships are not regularly music. There are about two PhD students currently offered. writing their dissertations on aesthetics, alongside multiple MA students working on it. Teaching as- Aesthetics Faculty sistantships are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. Augustin Dumont, Assistant Professor, works in German Romanticism. Aesthetics Faculty

Daniel Dumouchel, Professor, interests include Zed Adams, Associate Professor and Chair. Inter- Kant’s aesthetics, eighteenth century aesthetics, and ests include philosophy of music; philosophy of philosophy of literature. film; pictorial representation; and realism in art.

Iain Macdonald, Professor, interested in Adorno’s Jay Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor. aesthetics. Interests include German Idealist Aesthetics, especially Kant, Schiller, and Hegel; Adorno’s aesthetic http://philo.umontreal.ca theory; the aesthetics of modernism, especially modernist painting; and philosophy of film.

Alice Crary, University Distinguished Professor. University of New Mexico Interests include literary aesthetics, with a particular

emphasis on the novel; and philosophy and the vis- Orientation: Continental, Historical ual arts.

The University of New Mexico’s philosophy de- Daniel R. Rodríguez-Navas, Assistant Professor. partment offers one graduate course in aesthetics Interests include the relation between ethical and each year, in topics including general aesthetics, aesthetic normativity; the philosophy of film; the history of aesthetics, and philosophy of literature. variety of forms of aesthetic engagement; and the Currently there is one graduate student pursuing an status of objects of art as documents. AOC or an AOS in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regular- https://www.newschool.edu/nssr/philosophy/ ly available in aesthetics courses.

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Allan Hazlett, Assistant Professor, with interests in general aesthetics and philosophy of film.

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New York University Northwestern University

Orientation: Analytic, Historical Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

NYU usually offers one course for graduate credit The department of philosophy at Northwestern Uni- in aesthetics every other year in general aesthetics, versity offers one course every year or every other history of aesthetics, or philosophy of the visual year in the philosophy of literature, the history of arts. The department regularly offers teaching assis- aesthetics, or special topics such as expression or tantships in aesthetics courses. Graduate instructor- horror and the sublime. These are usually offered as ships in aesthetics courses are not offered regularly. upper-level undergraduate courses but graduate students may take them for credit. Currently, there Aesthetics Faculty are four students pursuing either an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. The department regularly offers teaching Paul Boghossian, Professor, works in the philoso- assistantships in aesthetics courses, but rarely offers phy of music and the nature and objectivity of aes- graduate instructorships in aesthetics. thetic value. Aesthetics Faculty Robert Hopkins, Professor, interests include imagination, pictorial representation, photography & film, Mark Alznauer, Associate Professor, works in the the visual arts, objectivity and epistemology of ab- history of aesthetics, with particular focus on 19th c. stract judgment, Kant. European aesthetics and Romanticism.

Anja Jauernig, Associate Professor, has interests in Richard Kraut, Professor, works in the history of aesthetics, ancient philosophy, and the relation of aesthetics and the history of aesthetics. aesthetics to morality.

Béatrice Longuenesse, Professor, interested in Rachel Zuckert, Professor, works in the history of Kant’s aesthetics. aesthetics, especially 18th and 19th century Europe- an aesthetics. http://philosophy.fas.nyu.edu http://philosophy.northwestern.edu

University of North Texas The Ohio State University Orientation: Continental Orientation: Analytic The University of North Texas offers approximately one aesthetics course every other year in general or The Ohio State University’s department of Philoso- environmental aesthetics. Currently, there are three phy offers an undergraduate course in Introduction students pursuing an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. to Aesthetics every year; and an advanced under- Teaching assistantships are regularly available in graduate/graduate course in Advanced Aesthetic aesthetics, but graduate instructorships are not. Theory every two years. Teaching assistantships

are regularly available for the undergraduate course. Aesthetics Faculty

Aesthetics Faculty David Kaplan, Associate Professor, interests include history of aesthetics, general, gustatory, and envi- Robert Kraut, Professor of Philosophy; works pri- ronmental aesthetics, and narrative theory. marily in metaphysics, aesthetic theory, and philos-

ophy of language. Special interests in the ontology Irene Klaver, Professor, works on Merleau-Ponty, of art, pragmatist theories of art, and theories of post-modern, and environmental aesthetics. interpretation.

http://philosophy.unt.edu

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Richard Fletcher, Associate Professor of Art Educa- for the understanding of existence, the phenomenol- tion and Policy; works primarily in theories of con- ogy of aesthetics experience, relation between non- temporary art, global exhibition and biennial cul- linguistic graphic expression and language, the de- ture, decolonial education, and creative classical colonization of images, Western aesthetics and Lat- reception. in American visual arts. https://philosophy.osu.edu http://www.philosophy.uoregon.edu

University of Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania

Orientation: Analytic, Historical Orientation: Analytic, Historical

The department of philosophy at the University of The University of Pennsylvania offers approximate- Oklahoma offers a graduate course once per year in ly one aesthetics course for graduate credit every either general aesthetics or in special topics in aes- other year. Currently there are approximately four thetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate students pursuing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics Teaching assistantships are not regularly offered for courses. aesthetics courses, but graduate instructorships are sometimes. Aesthetics Faculty Aesthetics Faculty Sherri Irvin, Professor, interests include the ontology of art, philosophy of contemporary art, aesthetic Gary Hatfield, Professor, works in perception and experience, feminist aesthetics, aesthetics and social art and its early modern history. justice, and everyday aesthetics. http://philosophy.ou.edu Errol Lord, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, is interested in the epistemology of aesthetics, perception and aesthetics, the nature of criticism, the University of Oregon normativity of aesthetics, the nature of depiction and pictorial representation, the nature and signifi- Orientation: Continental cance of beauty, and the relationship between aesthetics and ethics. The University of Oregon’s department of philosophy offers aesthetics graduate courses annually, http://phil.upenn.edu including general aesthetics and the philosophy of literature. There are five graduate students pursuing an AOC or an AOS in aesthetics. The department UNAM (National Autonomous University regularly offers teaching assistantships as well as graduate instructorships in aesthetics. of Mexico), Institute of Philosophical Research Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Analytic Mark Johnson, Professor, interests include the nature of human meaning and moral deliberation, and The Institute of Philosophical Research at UNAM the role of the body in aesthetic dimensions of expe- offers courses in aesthetics every other year and rience. holds an ongoing seminar/reading group in aesthetics. There are currently four graduate students pur- Scott Pratt, Professor, interested in the philosophy suing either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Graduate of music. teaching assistantships are available in aesthetics courses. Alejandro Vallega, Associate Professor, interests include the transformative character of works of art Aesthetics Faculty

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Paloma Atencia-Linares, Research Associate, works https://oraprdnt.uqtr.uquebec.ca/pls/public/gscw03 on pictorial representation, photography and the 0?owa_no_site=1100 philosophy of fiction/non-fiction.

Axel Barceló Aspeitia, Research Associate, works Queen’s University on pictorial representation and diagrams. Orientation: Analytic, Continental Gustavo Ortiz Millán, Research Associate, works on ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of poetry. The department of philosophy at Queen’s Universi- ty offers approximately two aesthetics courses every Miguel Ángel Sebastián, Research Associate, works three years in a range of areas including general on the intersection between aesthetics and cognitive aesthetics, the philosophy of film, and the philoso- science. phy of literature. TAships are sometimes available for aesthetics courses. The department has MA and http://www.filosoficas.unam.mx PhD programs. In addition to the department’s spe- cialist in aesthetics, several other faculty members occasionally work on related themes or in cognate Princeton University areas—David Bakhurst, Paul Fairfield, Lisa Guen- ther, Elliot Paul, and Christine Sypnowich. Orientation: Analytic, Historical Aesthetics Faculty Princeton University’s philosophy department offers a course in general aesthetics once every three Deborah Knight, Associate Professor, works in the years. Teaching assistantships are offered for un- philosophy of narrative arts (film, literature), art and dergraduate courses, and no graduate instructorships the emotions, memorial art, popular and mass arts. are available. http://www.queensu.ca/philosophy Aesthetics Faculty

Alexander Nehamas, Professor, interests in general Rutgers University aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, philosophy of literature, and the philosophy of the visual arts. Orientation: Analytic http://www.philosophy.princeton.edu Rutgers University’s department of philosophy offers a course in aesthetics once every three years in general aesthetics or the philosophy of literature. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Recently there have been one or two students pursuing either an AOS or an AOC in aesthetics. Teach- Orientation: Analytic, Historical ing assistantships in aesthetics courses are not usually offered, but graduate instructorships are. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières offers several courses each year in general aesthetics, history Aesthetics Faculty of aesthetics, or philosophy of literature. There are currently four students pursuing an AOS/AOC in Elisabeth Camp, Professor, with research interests aesthetics. Teaching assistantships are rarely offered in general aesthetics, the philosophy of literature, in aesthetics. Graduate instructorships are rarely and imagination. offered, but research assistantships are offered. http://philosophy.rutgers.edu Aesthetics Faculty

Mélissa Thériault, Professor, works in contemporary aesthetics (with complementary interest in feminist and decolonial perspectives), philosophy of literature, history of aesthetics, culture industries.

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University of California, Santa Cruz interpretation, and inter-subjectivity in aesthetic experience. Orientation: Analytic, Historical http://artsandsciences.sc.edu/phil The University of California, Santa Cruz plans to offer undergraduate and graduate courses in aesthetics on a regular basis. There are currently two stu- Stony Brook University dents pursuing either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Both teaching assistantships and graduate instruc- Orientation: Continental, Historical torships are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. Stony Brook offers more than one aesthetics course Aesthetics Faculty per year for graduate credit. Topics include general aesthetics, history of aesthetics, figures who write Daniel Guevara, Associate Professor, interests in on art in the continental tradition (Heidegger, Derri- Kant’s aesthetics, environmental ethics and aesthet- da, Deleuze, Lyotard, Rancière) as well as courses ics. in philosophy of film, literature, performance, and Nico Orlandi, Associate Professor, works on per- music, as well as philosophy and painting. Currently ception and concepts including as they pertain to about ten Ph.D. students are pursuing an AOS or aesthetic experience. AOC in the philosophy of art. For students in the doctoral program, both teaching assistantships and Robbie Kubala, Assistant Professor, works on aes- graduate instructorships in aesthetics courses are thetic value, aesthetic normativity, and philosophy regularly available. We also feature a unique M.A. of/in literature (especially Proust). in Philosophy and the Arts, located in Brooklyn. Normally, about ten to fifteen students are enrolled Emine Hande Tuna, Assistant Professor, works in in this program, which draws upon the resources in the history of aesthetics (especially Kant’s aesthet- the art world of New York City. ics), philosophy of art, the relation of aesthetics to morality, imagination, and perception. Aesthetics Faculty https://philosophy.ucsc.edu Peter Carravetta, Professor, works in literature and

philosophy of literature.

University of South Carolina Edward S. Casey, Distinguished Professor, works in Orientation: Analytic, Historical philosophy and painting, Deleuze and aesthetics, and psychoanalysis and art. The University of South Carolina offers approximately two aesthetics courses for graduate credit Harvey Cormier, Associate Professor, works in the every three years. Topics include general aesthetics, philosophy of music, philosophy of film, and prag- the history of aesthetics, and philosophy of litera- matism and art. ture. Currently there are three students pursuing either an AOC or AOS in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are Megan Craig, Associate Professor, has interests regularly offered in aesthetics courses. including philosophy and painting as well as the phenomenology of art. Aesthetics Faculty Robert P. Crease, Professor, works in performance Anne Pollock, Assistant Professor, is interested in and dance. the historical aesthetic positions of Schiller, Kant, Mendelssohn, Cassirer, Herder, and Langer. Dr. Robert Harvey, Distinguished Professor, works in Pollock is also interested in art as symbolic form, the philosophy of culture, the concept of play and literature and the arts, film and theory of film.

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Mary C. Rawlinson, Professor, works in philosophy Texas A&M University of literature, Proust, mystery and detective fiction, and the history of aesthetics. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

The department of philosophy at Texas A&M Uni- Lorenzo Simpson, Professor, is interested in the versity supports two distinct graduate degree pro- philosophy of music and improvisation. grams. The PhD program emphasizes interdisciplinary teaching and research, while the MA program http://www.stonybrook.edu/philosophy provides a more traditional course of study for those who wish to pursue a PhD in Philosophy. Faculty members regularly offer graduate seminars and di- Temple University rected readings pertaining to questions and issues in aesthetics. Currently there are three PhD candidates Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical pursuing an AOS in aesthetics and several others pursuing an AOC. The philosophy department at Temple University offers aesthetics courses more than once per year in The PhD program at Texas A&M uniquely requires the following areas: general aesthetics, philosophy all degree candidates to obtain a complementary of literature, philosophy of film, history of aesthet- MA (or equivalent) degree in a field other than Phi- ics, and environmental aesthetics. There are approx- losophy. Students with interests in aesthetics have imately twenty students pursuing an AOS or AOC pursued complementary MA degrees in such fields in aesthetics at Temple. Teaching assistantships and as English, Hispanic Studies, History, Performance graduate instructorships in aesthetics courses are Studies, and Political Theory. Teaching assis- regularly available. tantships are not regularly offered in undergraduate courses in aesthetics. Aesthetics Faculty Aesthetics Faculty Susan Feagin, Visiting Research Professor, works in aesthetics and philosophy of art, especially on is- Emily Brady, Professor, is interested in environ- sues that intersect with philosophy of mind and mental and everyday aesthetics, eighteenth-century epistemology. aesthetics, theories of imagination, and the overlaps and boundaries between aesthetics and ethics. Kristin Gjesdal, Associate Professor, works in 19th Century aesthetics, German Idealism, philosophy of Daniel Conway, Professor, works in philosophy of literature, philosophy of tragedy, and philosophy of film, philosophy of literature, philosophy for chil- theater. dren, and the post-Kantian European tradition of aesthetics. Espen Hammer, Professor, works in critical theory, philosophy of film, philosophy of the novel, and Theodore George, Associate Professor, works in modernist art. Continental aesthetics, especially in the philosophy of art, in German Idealism and Romanticism, Joseph Margolis, Professor, works in pragmatist Heidegger, and, more broadly, hermeneutics and aesthetics and aesthetics generally. phenomenology.

Lara Ostaric, Assistant Professor, works in Kant, Michael Hand, Professor, is interested in the philos- the sublime, and post-Kantian aesthetics. ophy of literature, music, and painting. His tastes incline to the avant garde, and he is fond of so- David Wolsdorf, Professor, works in ancient phi- called performance art, as well as electronic music losophy. (especially Stockhausen and Xenakis) and Manner- ist and Impressionist painting. http://www.cla.temple.edu/philosophy Amir Jaima, Assistant Professor, works in general aesthetics, philosophy of literature, Black existentialism, and Africana philosophy.

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Claire Katz, Professor, works in philosophy of liter- beauty), visual art and perception, Wittgenstein, and ature, philosophy of film, philosophy for children, Kant. philosophy of culture, and Jewish aesthetics. Nick Stang, Associate Proessor, works on aesthetic Gregory Pappas, Professor, works in American value, ontology of art, 18–20th-century German aes- pragmatism, Latin American philosophy, and Inter- thetic theory, philosophy of film. American philosophy. http://philosophy.utoronto.ca Kristi Sweet, Associate Professor, is interested in Kant’s aesthetics and the history of the philosophy of art and beauty (with special emphasis on the University of Utah post-Kantian German tradition). Orientation: Analytic, Historical http://philosophy.tamu.edu/html/home.html The philosophy department at the University of Utah offers one course per year in either general University of Toronto aesthetics, philosophy of film, philosophy of art, or perception. Neither teaching assistantships nor Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses, but department funding is avail- The Department of Philosophy offers at least one able for both the MA and PhD. programs. graduate course in aesthetics per year; in most years there is more than one. Courses usually cover gen- Aesthetics Faculty eral aesthetics, the history of aesthetics, and contemporary issues in aesthetics. At present, seven Lex Newman, Associate Professor, interests include graduate students pursue an AOS or AOC in aes- Locke on perception. thetics. Both teaching assistantships and graduate instructorships in aesthetics are regularly available. C. Thi Nguyen, Associate Professor, works in aesthetics, practical reasoning, value theory, and social Aesthetics Faculty epistemology. In aesthetics, he works on the aesthetics of games, aesthetic value, aesthetic norma- Rebecca Comay, Professor, works on literature, tivity, and the social dimension of aesthetic life. literary theory, contemporary art and art criticism, psychoanalytic theory, politics and aesthetics in the Cynthia Stark, Associate Professor, works in the Frankfurt school (especially Adorno and Benjamin), philosophy of film. history and theory of architecture, German idealist Dustin Stokes, Associate Professor, works in the and romantic aesthetics, history of theatre (and the- philosophy of art, perception, imagination, and gen- atrical theory). eral aesthetics.

Mark Kingwell, Professor, works on film, historical http://www.philosophy.utah.edu art criticism, 20th- and 21st-century painting and photography, architecture and design, music. Villanova University Mohan Matthen, Professor, is interested in aesthetic perception, pleasure, and value. Orientation: Continental, Historical

Amy Mullin, Professor, is interested in the art and The philosophy department at Villanova University morality, in connection with the imagination. offers a graduate course once every year in aesthetics, philosophy of motion pictures, philosophy of Diana Raffman, Professor, works on the philosophy music, philosophy and politics or other topics of of music. interest to faculty. Graduate instructorships in aesthetics courses are not regularly available, but Sonia Sedivy, Associate Professor, works on gen- teaching assistantships are. eral aesthetics (especially aesthetic properties and

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Aesthetics Faculty Master’s John Carvalho, Professor, studies the ways art- Programs works—especially paintings, photographs, motion pictures, music—and the interpretations of artworks are produced by embodied, culturally situated practices. California State University, Los Angeles Orientation: Analytic, Continental William Desmond, Professor, interested in Kant and post-Kantian aesthetics, especially Hegel, Schopen- The philosophy department at CSU, Los Angeles, hauer and Nietzsche. Also interested in the philoso- offers multiple graduate courses in aesthetics per phy of the beautiful. year. Topics include the philosophy of film, philosophy of music, and a yearly seminar in general aes- Délia Popa, Associate Professor, works on phenom- thetics. About four students currently have research enological approaches to questions in aesthetics interests in aesthetics. Neither teaching assis- broadly construed. tantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Gabriel Rockhill, Associate Professor, interested in aesthetics and literature, film theory and the relation Aesthetics Faculty between politics and art. Jay Conway, Instructor, is interested in continental http://www.philosophy.villanova.edu philosophy and aesthetics, especially Deleuze.

David Pitt, Professor, works in the philosophy of University of Washington music.

Kayley Vernallis, Associate Professor Emeritus, Orientation: Analytic, Historical interests include the philosophy of photography,

film, and art, as well as social issues in relation to The philosophy department at the University of race, gender, obesity, and representation. Washington, Seattle offers multiple courses in aesthetics annually, usually in the philosophy of the http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/phil/ performing arts. Currently there are two graduate students pursuing an AOC or an AOS in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Dominican School of Philosophy Aesthetics Faculty and Theology

Andrea Woody, Associate Professor, works in the Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical aesthetics of performing arts, considering issues related to the identity of performance artworks, the The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology virtues of live performance, and the nature of site- offers aesthetics courses more than once per year in specific artworks. She has particular expertise in the following areas: general aesthetics, history of philosophy of dance. aesthetics, philosophy of film, literature, and music, and environmental aesthetics. Other courses in aes- http://phil.washington.edu/ thetics may be available through the Graduate Theo- logical Union. Currently, approximately five students are pursuing an AOS or AOC in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses.

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Aesthetics Faculty of film, narration, or philosophy of fiction. Two or three students per year are pursuing either an AOS Michael Morris, O.P., Professor, works in art histo- or an AOC in aesthetics. Both teaching assis- ry, iconography, film, religion and arts, and escha- tantships and graduate instructorships are regularly tology in the arts. available in aesthetics courses.

Anselm Ramelow, O.P., Professor, works in the Aesthetics Faculty history of aesthetics, aesthetics of music and architecture, Kantian aesthetics and German Idealism. Christy Mag Uidhir, Associate Professor, interests include art ontology, intentionality, fiction & emo- Chris Renz, O.P., Assistant Professor, works in po- tions, and the philosophy of film. etry & creative intuition, liturgy & anthropology. http://www.uh.edu/class/philosophy Augustine Thompson, O.P., S.T.M., Professor, works in medieval aesthetics and art history, mysti- cism, as well as art, ritual, and culture. Kent State University http://www.dspt.edu Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

The department of philosophy at Kent State Univer- Georgia State University sity offers approximately two aesthetics courses for graduate credit every two years, including "Philoso- Orientation: Analytic, Historical phy and Art: 1890–Present”. Currently there is one

student pursuing research in aesthetics. Neither The philosophy department at Georgia State Uni- teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships versity offers approximately two aesthetics courses are regularly available for aesthetics courses. every three years in general aesthetics. About one or two students are writing an MA thesis in aesthetics Aesthetics Faculty at any given time. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available Gina Zavota, Associate Professor, interests include in aesthetics courses. contemporary aesthetics and phenomenology.

Aesthetics Faculty http://www.kent.edu/philosophy

Jessica N. Berry, Associate Professor, interests include contemporary analytic aesthetics and the ontology of art with emphasis on the visual arts. University of Manitoba

Sebastian Rand, Associate Professor, with interests Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical in general aesthetics. University of Manitoba’s philosophy department Daniel Weiskopf, Associate Professor, interested in generally offers graduate courses once a year or general aesthetics. once every other year in such fields as general aesthetics, philosophy of literature, and philosophy of http://philosophy.gsu.edu music. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. University of Houston Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Analytic, Historical Carl Matheson, Professor, works in the philosophy The department of philosophy at the University of of music, the ontology of art, and philosophy of Houston offers approximately one aesthetics course literature. per year in either general aesthetics, the philosophy

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Simone Mahrenholz, Associate Professor, works in https://www.unr.edu/philosophy aesthetics, continental philosophy, philosophy of music, philosophy of film, philosophy of creativity, and existentialism. University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Chris Tillman, Professor, works in metaphysics, Orientation: Continental, American Philosophy including the ontology of art, Philosophy of Lan- guage, and Philosophical Logic. UNC Charlotte offers one aesthetics course for graduate credit every other year, usually in general http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/philosophy aesthetics or the philosophy of music. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Miami University, Ohio Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Continental, Historical Michael Kelly, Professor, works in general aesthet- Miami University offers one graduate course per ics and social practice art. year in either general aesthetics or the history of aesthetics. Currently three out of their eight gradu- Robin James, Associate Professor, works in the ate students are pursuing an AOS or AOC in aes- philosophy of music and sound studies. thetics. There are sometimes teaching assistantships available for aesthetics courses. Generally, graduate http://philosophy.uncc.edu instructorships for aesthetics courses are not offered. University of North Florida Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Analytic, Continental Elaine Miller, Professor; interested in eighteenth and nineteenth century philosophy of nature and art, The University of North Florida offers one graduate especially Kant, German Idealism, and Nietzsche, course per year in either general aesthetics, philoso- as well as the philosophy of literature. phy of film, philosophy of music, or Asian compar- ative aesthetics. There are usually one or two stu- http://miamioh.edu/philosophy dents working in aesthetics every couple of year. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate assistantships in aesthetics courses are regularly offered. University of Nevada, Reno Aesthetics Faculty Orientation: Analytic, Historical Paul Carelli, Associate Professor, interests include Aesthetics offerings: upper-division aesthetics (un- the philosophy of film. dergraduate/graduate cross-list), with opportunities for directed study and MA thesis (or MA profes- David Fenner, Professor, works in general aesthet- sional paper). ics.

Aesthetics faculty Hans-Herbert Koegler, Professor, works in the philosophy of music. Christopher Williams, Associate Professor, interests in theories of art (esp. Danto), problems of taste, http://unf.edu/coas/philosophy aesthetic judgment, and imagination, history of aesthetics (esp. Hume, Collingwood, Sibley).

David Rondel, Associate Professor, interested in Rorty.

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Ohio University Saint Mary’s University (Halifax)

Orientation: Analytic Orientation: Analytic

Ohio University offers a graduate course once per year in general aesthetics. Neither teaching assis- St. Mary’s University offers less than one graduate tantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly aesthetics course every three years, either in general available in aesthetics courses. aesthetics, philosophy of film, philosophy of literature, or environmental aesthetics. Currently one Aesthetics Faculty student is pursuing research in aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships John W. Bender, Professor, interested in expression are regularly offered in aesthetics courses. and exemplification in aesthetics. Aesthetics Faculty https://www.ohio.edu/cas/philosophy/graduate John MacKinnon, Associate Professor, interests include the philosophy of literature, philosophy of Oklahoma State University film, environmental aesthetics, supervenience, aesthetic emotions and aesthetic experience. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical Mark Mercer, Professor, works in the ontology of The department of philosophy at Oklahoma State art and art evaluation. University offers a graduate aesthetics course approximately once every two or three years. Recent http://smu.ca/academics/departments.philosophy.ht topics have included philosophy of film, philosophy ml of literature, philosophy and the arts, and Greek ethics and aesthetics. Currently there is one student pursuing either an AOS or an AOC in aesthetics. San Diego State University Neither teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are regularly available in aesthetics courses. Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical

Aesthetics Faculty San Diego State University offers approximately one course in aesthetics every other year. Topics Megan Burke, Assistant Professor; teaches in Gen- include general aesthetics, philosophy of film, and der Studies and Philosophy with a specialty in fem- Asian aesthetics. Neither teaching assistantships nor inist thought. graduate instructorships in aesthetics are regularly offered. R. Bensen Cain, Associate Professor; teaches aesthetics and art theory, history of aesthetics, expres- Aesthetics Faculty sion theory, art and emotion, natural aesthetics. Steven Barbone, Associate Professor, works in gen- Apple Z. Igrek, Assistant Professor; teaches mainly eral aesthetics and the philosophy of beauty. in Continental studies, including literature and fiction, critical theory, and film. Sandra Wawrytko, Professor, works in Asian aesthetics. Shannon Spaulding, Assistant Professor, has research interests in fiction and emotion, cognitive Mark Wheeler, Associate Professor, is interested in psychology, and philosophy of mind. the philosophy of film.

Tom Spector, Professor; research interest in archi- http://philosophy.sdsu.edu tecture theory, environmental ethics and aesthetics, built environments. http:///www.philosophy.okstate.edu

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San Francisco State University course each year on such subjects as contemporary analytic aesthetics, history of aesthetics, philosophy Orientation: Analytic, Continental, Historical of film, philosophy of literature, aesthetic properties, interpretation in law and the arts, and the phi- The department of philosophy at SFSU offers one losophy of poetry. Students pursuing the terminal graduate seminar in aesthetics every other year, and MA are eligible for TAships and fellowships. yearly upper-level undergraduate courses in the philosophy of art and film. Teaching assistantships Aesthetics Faculty in aesthetics courses are not regularly available. Graduate instructorships are regularly offered for Daniel O. Nathan, Professor, interests include inter- the course “Introduction to Philosophy of Art”. pretation, the nature of artistic and aesthetic value.

Francesca di Poppa, Associate Professor, interests Aesthetics Faculty include the history of aesthetics, especially 18th century aesthetics. Ásta Sveinsdóttir, Associate Professor, interests include institutional theories, philosophy of music, Anna Christina Ribeiro, Associate Professor, inter- cognitive theories of art, feminist aesthetics, and the ests include the philosophy of poetry and literature, philosophy of aesthetic language. philosophy of film, aesthetic properties, and the art/craft distinction. http://philosophy.sfsu.edu http://www.depts.ttu.edu/philosophy

University of Saskatchewan University of Victoria Orientation: Analytic, Continental Orientation: Analytic, Historical The department of philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan offers a graduate course in general The department of philosophy at the University of aesthetics, the philosophy of literature, or the phi- Victoria offers one course per year in general aes- losophy of music once every other year. Neither thetics or the philosophy of music. Currently there teaching assistantships nor graduate instructorships are two students pursuing either an AOS or an AOC are regularly available in aesthetics courses. in aesthetics. Teaching assistantships are regularly available in aesthetics courses and graduate instruc- Aesthetics Faculty torships in aesthetics are not regularly available.

Peter Alward, Professor, is interested in fiction, Aesthetics Faculty interpretation, photography, and music. Nina Belmonte, Assistant Professor, interests in- Sarah Hoffman, Associate Professor, works on fic- clude the philosophy of film. tional discourse and metaphor. Thomas Heyd, Continuing Sessional Instructor, Daniel Regnier, Associate Professor, works on his- interests include general aesthetics, especially envi- torical aesthetics and the philosophy of music. ronmental aesthetics. http://www.usask.ca/philosophy James O. Young, Professor, interests include philosophy of music, ontology of art, art and moral issues, art and knowledge. Texas Tech University http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/philosophy Orientation: Analytic

The philosophy department at Texas Tech offers more than one undergraduate or graduate aesthetics